Sunday, April 10, 2011

Another Afternoon For Way Too Many Bengal Pics!

Summer is here! Yes, yet again, no spring. Might have missed it. Hard to say, goes by fast in my part of the world. Being so nice, I took the Bengals, Freaky Venus and Madame Mim out for the first leash walk of the year. Pre-tornado sirens. Barely. Love this time of year, as I said, things change fast.

Funny writing this, watching the storms develop. It was all sunny and fine for a while there. Here's Venus, on the now snowless lawn. Lovely, isn't it? I really want to figure out that whole GREEN thing for the lawn this summer. Generally, I am bad at such things, but every spring, I get hopeful again that perhaps I've developed some latent gardening skills.

Mim blissing out on the sidewalk. I really want to build (ok, HAVE built, yet another skill that is beyond me) an outdoor cat run for them this year. Mim wants OUT so badly, and it's just not safe here in town for Leopards to be running about. If I built a big one tho, I could have trees, and grass, and a sort of little jungle area for them. They would like that.

Venus didn't want to be out long, and also, leash walking two Leopards by yourself is not as easy as it sounds. She didn't APPROVE of Mim's running about and went back in early. But she watched, disapprovingly, with Magic.

Actually, Venus is not in a good mood at all today. I moved the table back into the dinning room, now that I don't need it for a Derby track. Between moving furniture, Being Out and thunder, her world has gone all wonky.

Magic can't go outside yet, not sure I'd want to try and get a harness on him, claws or no. He's come a long way, but he's not ready for Out yet. Don't know if there are many F1's brave enough for Out, they tend to be timid (If you're new here, an F1 Bengal means the Dude is mostly Asian Leopard Cat, and not much domestic)

More Venus, and happier now, I believe. Feathers she likes and approves of. And everything just went all green here. Not the lawn, kind of everything else. So, perhaps this is all for now....

What non-midwesterners may not know is that when it "goes all green" bad things are afoot. Bad stormy things - not just rain and lighning and thunder, but tornados and hail and strong straight line winds.

Hubby was just out walking the blind kitty, SueSue. We don't have her on a leash tho, just walk behind her while she tries to figure out her bearings. We're currently building a sunroom with a swim spa on it. They've removed her back porch so she just sits at the back door asking to go out. It's really sad.

I can't imagine how you keep two together? Glad you're getting warmer weather.

Reminds me of the Garrison Keilor line about spring in Lake Woebegone. That it's so nice they try to have a picnic that day.

It was summer in Chicago yesterday too. I did not approve. It's back to spring today. Much better.

Still quite sore. I was just telling Marjorie that I'm not sure I would have signed up for Derby Lite if I had known how little I would remember how to skate. But I'm kinda glad I didn't know; and I'm determined to give it a real try. But I really hope I remember how to stay on my feet soon.

spring here still! so, so nice. still snow to melt, but the ratio of snow-covered to clear ground is now in favour of the clear ground. \o/ snow forecast for later in the week, but i tell myself, it'd be a spring snow.

went for a walk Sat. it wiped me out. but i'm done for the month, right?

Sunny and, dare I say, nearly HOT outside of Philly. 83F.....and then back down to the 60s for the rest of the week. Might be some excitement getting there, though we usually don't get the really fierce stuff like the Midwest does.

Love those leopards.

Might not want to kill Birdchick too hard. Don't you need her for all those bee installations?

Now I have a mental picture of hanging clouds of bees in a gallery.An interactive, sound and tactile exhibition....

Hi Nick Zimmerman, Lisana, and choochoo! Welcome to Fiendom! If there were any questions before, they are now gone; you are definitely a Fiend. :) Here is your very own white, buckled jacket, and on that table over there you will find whatever you need so that you can personalize it. Your jacket needn't remain white.

Going to buy new jeans today that the wasps cannot get down. I know I've said no new clothes till I am FIT but the wasp sort of settled the point. That and the fact that all my current ones are in serious danger of fall off.

Exciting I know, but I do need ONE pair that will stay on.

Especially with the weekend coming up, last Naptown home Bout, I am SO ready for some time with those girls!

(And since I know you're going there ANYWAY, no pants falling off while being surrounded by Derby is not QUITE as exciting as you might think. They need to work at it.)

My Wednesday went on for a very long time, and was short on proper meals.

On the us side, when I got home from work I found a package from Neverwear with my Cabal T shirt in, which was good. I'm tempted to wear it on Friday for Zombie-ing in but then it'd be sad if it got bloodstained.

Phiala, I am so sorry! That kind of thing does make me angry. It's not rocket science to pack and tape a box properly, using 2 boxes, if necessary. Believe me I know a few shipping managers and a few rocket scientists... I think they'd all agree!

I hope you find replacements. :-( I wish I had some to send.

I once bought a special edition Piers Anthony book "A Spell for Chameleon" signed by the author as a surprise present for a friend. I even shipped it to my work......and still it disappeared in the "mail" system at my job. That kind of thing just makes me sad.

I kicked the thermostat up a degree yesterday and sat by the vent. It was cold and rainy yesterday--again. I'd like a spring please, winter was supposed to be over last month. We had some gorgeous days over the last week....just enough to adjust to warm weather and then get hit with another storm. I know, our weather is nothing compared to most of the country but I'm a total weather wimp, dammit!

On a more positive note, we're going to our first derby bout on saturday!! Santa Cruz Hellcats vs. Merced something-or-others....I lived in Merced for 2 years, I wonder if I know anyone on the team?

Hey Fiends, I haven't mentioned it here because I can't talk about really any of it in public, but we are having major family crises (Nick's family) , so many and so all-at-once that I couldn't use this scenario in fiction because nobody would believe it. Everything has been getting progressively worse over the past month, and... well... sheesh. (That's me, trying to use more genteel language than I'm tempted to.)

Phiala, I'm so sorry. I hope things get better for you soon. Truth really is stranger than fiction. It's incredible what we all learn to live with...things fictional characters could never manage. My heart and thoughts are with your family.

Morning came both too soon and not soon enough. I was plagued with nightmares last night and slept like crap because of them, so I desperately need more sleep, but am also happy to bot be dreaming anymore.